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Derrick Lewis’ coach slams ‘morbidly obese’ reporters and ‘f-cking terrible’ fans for post-fight criticism

Derrick Lewis put on a good show against Junior dos Santos at UFC Wichita last Saturday, but ‘The Black Beast’ was unable to handle dos Santos’ knockout power.

Lewis, who was reportedly suffering with a serious knee injury heading into the bout, was knocked out in the second round of the UFC Fight Night 146 main event.

As is par the course for many UFC fighters, Lewis has been criticized by online trolls - and head coach Bob Perez isn’t too happy about it.

Speaking to MMA Fighting on Monday, Perez grilled the online trolls and ‘morbidly obese’ reporters for criticising Lewis’ performance, calling Lewis’ critics ‘haters’ and ‘f-cking idiots.